Jonathan L. Howard
@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social
I write novels & games. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Russalka, Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry.
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
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As I recall, nobody especially criticised the effects then, at least for the early seasons, because they were on par with DW, and sometimes went further; the explosive effect for Fed blaster hits was quite extreme for the time. The budget limitations only really became unignorable towards the end.
Today I was at the BBC Written Archives Centre, and For Reasons was reading a lot of early audience reaction documents for Blake's 7.
Guess what? Contemporary audiences praised the special effects. Yes, *those* special effects. 🧵
Guess what? Contemporary audiences praised the special effects. Yes, *those* special effects. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
As I recall, nobody especially criticised the effects then, at least for the early seasons, because they were on par with DW, and sometimes went further; the explosive effect for Fed blaster hits was quite extreme for the time. The budget limitations only really became unignorable towards the end.
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire, photo by Rebecca Douglas.
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, photo by Rebecca Douglas.
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
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every time i see some new attempt to Streamline and Optimize our Lives i think about this kurt vonnegut quote that does rounds. we're dancing animals! not everything needs to be optimized! sometimes a tedious task creates an unlikely opportunity to learn something about yourself! or for joy!!
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
every time i see some new attempt to Streamline and Optimize our Lives i think about this kurt vonnegut quote that does rounds. we're dancing animals! not everything needs to be optimized! sometimes a tedious task creates an unlikely opportunity to learn something about yourself! or for joy!!
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Sorry, y’all, it’s DEI Settlement now
This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
February 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Sorry, y’all, it’s DEI Settlement now
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Tom Watt - Subterranean Homesick Blues [UK, Electronica, pop, new wave, cover] (1986) One time actor and radio presenter covering Bob Dylan for some reason
https://redd.it/1leiyis
https://youtu.be/LRCBQTY47zY
https://redd.it/1leiyis
https://youtu.be/LRCBQTY47zY
Tom Watt - Subterranean Homesick Blues [UK, Electronica, pop, new wave, cover] (1986) One time actor and radio presenter covering Bob Dylan for some reason
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February 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Tom Watt - Subterranean Homesick Blues [UK, Electronica, pop, new wave, cover] (1986) One time actor and radio presenter covering Bob Dylan for some reason
https://redd.it/1leiyis
https://youtu.be/LRCBQTY47zY
https://redd.it/1leiyis
https://youtu.be/LRCBQTY47zY
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One from the vaults! Directed by Hammer veteran Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Island of Terror (1966) has a scientist accidentally creating new silicon-based lifeforms, which grow into large tentacled monsters!
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
One from the vaults! Directed by Hammer veteran Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Island of Terror (1966) has a scientist accidentally creating new silicon-based lifeforms, which grow into large tentacled monsters!
Gods help us, this gallery is like the shittest Monster Manual imaginable. And there's Delingpole. Of course he is.
Were they concerned Oxford residents?
Nope!
They are an amazing who’s who of all our old Covid conspiracy quacks and GB News regulars.
I got a mild pang of nostalgia when I saw the list!😂
Right Said Fred, Calvin Robinson, Laurence Fox, Yeadon, Cahill, Malone, Neil Oliver….
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Nope!
They are an amazing who’s who of all our old Covid conspiracy quacks and GB News regulars.
I got a mild pang of nostalgia when I saw the list!😂
Right Said Fred, Calvin Robinson, Laurence Fox, Yeadon, Cahill, Malone, Neil Oliver….
13/
February 1, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Gods help us, this gallery is like the shittest Monster Manual imaginable. And there's Delingpole. Of course he is.
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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I am so excited to finally be able to share the news: Wooing the Witch Queen is @waterstones.bsky.social 's Welsh Book of the Month!!! This means SO much to me.
Snap up your own copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/wooing-...
#romancelandia
Snap up your own copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/wooing-...
#romancelandia
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I am so excited to finally be able to share the news: Wooing the Witch Queen is @waterstones.bsky.social 's Welsh Book of the Month!!! This means SO much to me.
Snap up your own copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/wooing-...
#romancelandia
Snap up your own copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/wooing-...
#romancelandia
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At this rate ICE may do what a thousand keyboard warriors couldn't and spark a national general strike
Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
At this rate ICE may do what a thousand keyboard warriors couldn't and spark a national general strike
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i feel like technically i should be more empathetic, but somehow i'm not making it there
February 1, 2026 at 10:34 AM
i feel like technically i should be more empathetic, but somehow i'm not making it there
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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Paging William of Ockham…
Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Paging William of Ockham…
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“.. In a blistering opinion, Judge Fred Biery .. condemned ‘the perfidious lust for unbridled power’ and ‘the imposition of cruelty.’”
@nytimes.com #Ramos
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@nytimes.com #Ramos
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January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
“.. In a blistering opinion, Judge Fred Biery .. condemned ‘the perfidious lust for unbridled power’ and ‘the imposition of cruelty.’”
@nytimes.com #Ramos
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
@nytimes.com #Ramos
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All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
Ah, miniature painting. Every time, a new learning experience. Tonight's pro tip: if you try to make a thin stain or wash from a metallic paint, bear in mind that the shiny particles that make the paint metallic will sink like tiny rocks in the mix. Stir it every time with your brush as you load it.
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Ah, miniature painting. Every time, a new learning experience. Tonight's pro tip: if you try to make a thin stain or wash from a metallic paint, bear in mind that the shiny particles that make the paint metallic will sink like tiny rocks in the mix. Stir it every time with your brush as you load it.
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Anyway if anybody IS actually out there casually looking for Canadian content to option, I have 13 (soon to be 14) books out, some of them have won awards, and like a hundred short stories, call me*
*I won't pick up but like. Call my agent or something, that's his job
*I won't pick up but like. Call my agent or something, that's his job
a cartoon of spongebob sitting in front of a tv
Alt: spongebob sitting in front of his tv munching a bowl of popcorn
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January 31, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Anyway if anybody IS actually out there casually looking for Canadian content to option, I have 13 (soon to be 14) books out, some of them have won awards, and like a hundred short stories, call me*
*I won't pick up but like. Call my agent or something, that's his job
*I won't pick up but like. Call my agent or something, that's his job
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 1554 Second Age
Subject: Re: Master Ring (Forged in secret)???
lmfao u totally shoulkd
To: [email protected]
Date: 1554 Second Age
Subject: Re: Master Ring (Forged in secret)???
lmfao u totally shoulkd
January 31, 2026 at 3:34 PM
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 1554 Second Age
Subject: Re: Master Ring (Forged in secret)???
lmfao u totally shoulkd
To: [email protected]
Date: 1554 Second Age
Subject: Re: Master Ring (Forged in secret)???
lmfao u totally shoulkd
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this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
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And last is... me! Hi, I'm looking for work. I was the animation lead for Wanderstop. I rigged every character, set the animation style, hired and set schedules, and did a huge amount of animation and anim code, FX work, and more. Enjoy my new demo reel and then email me at [email protected]!
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
And last is... me! Hi, I'm looking for work. I was the animation lead for Wanderstop. I rigged every character, set the animation style, hired and set schedules, and did a huge amount of animation and anim code, FX work, and more. Enjoy my new demo reel and then email me at [email protected]!
I like this episode a lot, even if it's a bit grim in places. Robert Hardy is brilliant as Milverton, as cold and anuran as if he'd just crept out of a pond, his bland, banal cruelty provoking the usually cool Holmes into crossing lines better left uncrossed. It's good stuff.
Tonight at 9pm! Channel Premiere: 🔎 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MASTER BLACKMAILER (1992) starring #JeremyBrett #EdwardHardwicke #RobertHardy crime drama #TPTVsubtitles
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January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I like this episode a lot, even if it's a bit grim in places. Robert Hardy is brilliant as Milverton, as cold and anuran as if he'd just crept out of a pond, his bland, banal cruelty provoking the usually cool Holmes into crossing lines better left uncrossed. It's good stuff.
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When you see those announcements in Publisher's Marketplace that says a book was acquired in a "nice" deal, it means they got 69 dollars
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
When you see those announcements in Publisher's Marketplace that says a book was acquired in a "nice" deal, it means they got 69 dollars
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You simply won't see a better film today than Went the Day Well? playing today (Sat 4.45 Jan 31) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
I reviewed this classic British movie under the title 48 Hours and I'll post a link every time this stunning film screens.
#TPTV
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I reviewed this classic British movie under the title 48 Hours and I'll post a link every time this stunning film screens.
#TPTV
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January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
You simply won't see a better film today than Went the Day Well? playing today (Sat 4.45 Jan 31) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
I reviewed this classic British movie under the title 48 Hours and I'll post a link every time this stunning film screens.
#TPTV
film-authority.com/2020/12/12/4...
I reviewed this classic British movie under the title 48 Hours and I'll post a link every time this stunning film screens.
#TPTV
film-authority.com/2020/12/12/4...